Sheikha, the Windows XP on my wife's big cheapish Toshiba laptop has crashed. Instead of the usual, the boot sequence stops on a DOS message that says Windows couldn't start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM
We can attempt to repair the file by starting Windows setup using the original setup CD-ROM.
Needless to say the disk is unfindable at present, perhaps in a shipping container in a wood outside London. My question is, can I use another Windows XP setup CD-ROM?
I know this stuff is piffling to you, but I am Private Eye's original 'shickered old hack baffled by new technology'. I can't get the person who might have the disk, and who is a software engineer, on the phone at the moment. Just in case you notice this, is there anything you can suggest, short of leaping into your nice little car and whistling down to Islington by tomorrow morning?
Naturally I am interested in anything that may come out of Surrey as well...
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